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Huang Shen Dan Formula

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Huang Shen Dan Formula,Jaundice.

Formulas Name : Huang Shen Dan Formula

Chinese Name : 治黄神丹

Drug Formulation

8 liang of black alum (mix with 1 jin of flour to form cakes; roast over a fire until charred), 6 liang of Magnolia officinalis (peeled and stir-fried with ginger juice), 6 liang of dried tangerine peel, 6 liang of Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice washing), 6 liang of licorice, and 10 liang of Sichuan pepper (with closed tips and seeds removed).

Source

From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Combine with 3 jin of high-quality jujube flesh (peeled, pitted, and boiled) and 3 jin of walnuts (shelled and pitted), then form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Jaundice.

Instructions for Use

Take 80 pills per dose, washed down with wine. At first, the pills will smell fragrant; once the illness is cured, they will smell foul.

Huang Shen Dan Formula,From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.,Jaundice.

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